History of Medieval Europe From Constantine to Saint Louis

Name: History of Medieval Europe From Constantine to Saint Louis
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ISBN: 9780582418615

ISBN-10: 0582418615

ISBN-13: 9780582418615

Edition: 2nd 1999

Authors: R. H. C. Davis

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R H C Davis's well-known and well-loved A History of Medieval Europe rapidly established itself as the standard introductory survey of the period and is a bestseller to this day. The breadth and authority of the book is to be expected in the work of such a major scholar, but the acute selection of vivid detail and the vigour of his writing are those of a born communicator. A History of Medieval Europe is in two parts. The first, The Dark Ages, examines the impact of the Barbarian invasions on Constantine's Christianized empire, and the gradual emergence, by the end of the ninth century, of a new social, economic and political order. There are important chapters on the Church and the…

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List price: $81.80
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
Publication date: 3/21/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 424
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.54" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 1.210
Language: English




The Dark Ages


Introduction



Constantine the Great: The New Rome and Christianity. Further reading



The barbarian invasions. Further reading



Three reactions to the barbarian invasions



The Church and the Papacy



Islam



The Franks



The Break-up of the Carolingian Empire



Europe at the end of the ninth century: economic survey



The High Middle Ages (900-1250)


Introduction



The Saxon Empire



The Reform of the Papacy



Monasticism in the 11th and 12th centuries



Jerusalem regained and lost: the first three Crusades



Feudal monarchy and the French Kingdom (1066-1223)



The Emperor Frederrick I Barbarossa (1152-1190)



The Crisis of the Church



The new era in monarchy



Europe in the middle of the 13th century: an economic survey


Epilogue: the Mongols